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Friday Links: June 24, 2016

June 24, 2016 By James Calder

Washington, DC by blinofanaye — Washington, DC by blinkofanaye

Call for entries through July 15: The Community Collective Photography Showcase is a contest and show hosted by Capital Fringe, organized by local photographer Jarrett Hendrix, and supported by Exposed DC and other local groups IGDC, A Creative DC, DC Focused, Streetmeet DC. All the details.
Flashpoint, the last gallery in Gallery Place and the home of our 3rd annual Exposed DC exhibit, is closing. CulturalDC, which runs Flashpoint, sold the space to a real estate developer. The gallery will remain open for about another year, while it looks for a place to move such as the new developments at Walter Reed Medical Center, or the Wharf in Southwest, the City Paper reports.
Head to a reception next Wednesday at The W Hotel for the winners of FotoDC’s Faces and Places contest.
A trip through the Pulitzer Prize-winning photos at the Newseum is a rough road through atrocities, except for one bright, joyful subject: The Olympics. On August 6, during the opening weekend of the games in Rio, head down to hear photographers Ken Geiger and William Snyder talk about their past coverage.
Bored Panda picks out a couple hundred of their favorite touching images from the 2 million photos Pete Souza has taken of President Obama over 8 years. (Spoiler: Most of them have babies.)
Some great photos from behind the scenes at the Supreme Court.
It’s going to be a long summer in California as wildfire season kicks off intensely. Reuters has a gallery of images from the latest fires, and we have to appreciate their bringing a moment of incredulity to an otherwise rough situation, with this emu fleeing down the road in Potrero.
Two Twin Otter aircraft successfully made a dangerous winter trek to the National Science Foundation facility at the South Pole this week to pick up two workers in need of medical attention.
Unique home listing includes person in a panda suit in every picture.
Twitter to buy Magic Pony (no, really), whose technology “helps enhance visuals with information that may not be in the picture itself, but essentially [can] be recreated from composites of similar pictures, much like how the human eye works.”
In 1945 Kodak accidentally discovered that America had tested the first atomic bomb.
For his compelling and disturbing new biography of Diane Arbus, Arthur Lubow drew on exclusive interviews with those who knew her intimately.
Wedding photo shoots can be dangerous! #snakes
Grateful owl “hugs” volunteer who saved her.

Friday Links: June 17, 2016

June 17, 2016 By Heather Goss

Local photographer Nalinee Darmrong, who spent her teens following The Smiths, now has a photobook out from Rizzoli International Publications and her exhibition, “The Smiths: 1985-1986,” opens today at Studio 1469, 1469 Harvard St. NW (entry in rear).
Our hearts go out to everyone affected by the Pulse club shooting in Orlando. Check in with the Orlando Sentinel for news and photos of the aftermath and the friends and family recovering together. (Many took a little solace and pride in the double rainbow that appeared over Pulse on Wednesday.)
There’s a black bear roaming the D.C. suburbs. Be careful but send us your (long-distance) sightings!
Sign up to photograph birds at the National Zoo with the Capital Photography Center on June 25.
The WCP covers Ruddy Roye’s exhibit at the Leica Store DC gallery.
Coming soon to your iPhone: the ability to shoot RAW.
Love the photos in this National Geographic story about scholars who smuggled a priceless collection of ancient manuscripts out of Timbuktu to protect them from al Qaeda.
ModCloth’s founder is in D.C. to support an anti-photoshopping bill known as the Truth in Advertising Act, which has been stalled in Congress for the past two years.
Exposed alum and Best in Show winner Chris Suspect took first place for Best Street Photography Series at the inaugural StreetFoto San Francisco festival.
Queen Elizabeth II turned 90 last Friday. There were some celebrations.
Before and after photos show the lifecycle of various dog toys.
“I photographed the animal, and when I looked at the picture carefully, I saw that I had recorded something unusual. My legs started shaking.” Ornithologist snaps bird last sighted in 1941.
Yes, it’s been a while since we had a tiger kicker.

Friday Links: June 10, 2016

June 10, 2016 By James Calder

NPR is mourning the loss of photojournalist David Gilkey. He was killed along with his translator Zabihullah Tamanna, who frequently worked with the news agency, when their vehicle was hit with an RPG while on assignment in Afghanistan. In 2011, Gilkey was named Photographer of the Year by the White House News Photographers Association.
The story of how D.C. got its bald eagles, with photography by Greg Kahn.
Head to Bread Furst in Van Ness not just for the delicious goods from master breadmaker Mark Furstenberg, but also to enjoy the photography by Bridget Sue Lambert that follows the chef’s adventures around the world.
The 25 best photos taken of Mohammad Ali.
This reads like an Onion article, but we think it’s real. Which is sad.
Amazing photo fails over at WIRED.
The New York Times Magazine succeeds 100% at the effect it was going for with these vertigo-inducing photos in its NYC skyline issue.
Instagram’s new algorithm-driven feed has finally kicked in. Users are, predictably, instapissed.
Look at these dramatic fish portraits. Then wonder how the heck this happened.
The photo series of this Battle of the Nations caught by photographer Lisa Bell between a Canada goose and an American bald eagle on Vancouver Island is spectacular.
This service dog got his own cap and gown–and a master degree from Johns Hopkins–for sitting through all of his owner’s classes.

Friday Links: June 3, 2016

June 3, 2016 By Heather Goss

Petworthians: Your neighborhood D.C. public library wants to see the pictures you’ve taken of your community to make a “visual time capsule” from summer 2016. You can submit your photos through Flickr, and if you need help getting started, you can sign up for one of two free street photography classes on June 11 and 25, 10am-12pm, taught by Exposed DC alum Amanda Archibald. A showcase of the photography will be on August 11. Read more about DCPL’s Open Stories project here.
The Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in Brookland is holding its annual photo contest. Visit the church and gardens and submit your photos by June 30 (non-professionals only).
More street photography classes: Register with the Historical Society of Washington, D.C. and learn from WCP staff photographer Darrow Montgomery for $30 on June 11, 10am-12:30pm.
Go to the opening of “When Living is a Protest” with images by Ruddy Roye next Thursday, 7pm, at Leica Store DC.
German photographer Arnold Genthe shows us 100-year-old Japan. These photos are now part of a larger collection at the Library of Congress.
Nepalese girls are fighting the stigma around menstruation with photography.
New Yorker has a piece on Jane Evelyn Atwood and her photos detailing the sensory experiences of blind children.
The Louvre and Musée d’Orsay closed temporarily this week to move priceless artworks to higher ground as the threat of flooding from the Siene gets worse. See a gallery of the flooding around Paris in The Independent.
WIRED is hiring a photography writer who can work remotely.
A gallery of strange moments from the inauguration of Switzerland’s Gotthard tunnel, the “longest and deepest in the world.”
Fox News’ Greta Van Susteren is pissed that NASA can’t get her pictures from Pluto instantaneously.
“It’s as though photography has been sublimated to a necessary part of the total.” Career photography professor laments trend of work requiring too much explanation to be understood.
Photo on Popville of Maryland congressman’s car sporting Lyft sticker leads to stories in the Washington Post and on CNN.
Run, don’t waddle! A thousand Indian Runner ducks enjoying their pest control duties at a South African vineyard.

Friday Links: May 27, 2016

May 27, 2016 By James Calder

It’s Memorial Day weekend in D.C., which means it’s time again for Rolling Thunder, the enormous demonstration in and around the National Mall to recognize POW and MIA soldiers from the Vietnam War. Between the hog parade and sea of leather vests — and apparently this year Donald Trump will make an appearance — it’s a photographer’s playground.
Get tickets for Critical Exposure’s 2016 Break the Frame exhibit on June 2, featuring work by D.C. students that show how they think they’re perceived by their schools and communities.
Sign up for the next street photography class series from the Historical Society of Washington, D.C. on June 11. This round, learn the basics from long-time WCP staff photographer Darrow Montgomery.
You don’t have to be an APA member to enter the 2016 American Photographic Artists contest. Submit by June 29.
Air & Space Magazine just announced the winners of its 3rd annual photo contest.
Slate’s post featuring historical National Park photos might provide some old-timey inspiration for your weekend getaways.
Take a looks at the winners of the Best of Russia photography competition. Though it’s a huge gallery, it’s worth your time.
As President Obama becomes the first sitting president to visit the city, the Atlantic looks at Hiroshima today.
India is suffering through a record-breaking heatwave.
Incredible photos — and the story of what they couldn’t capture — from a violent clash between police and demonstrators at an oil refinery fire in France.
The grounds of London’s Royal Hospital are prepared for the annual Chelsea Flower Show.
The Washington Post has the story behind the West Point cadet photographed with tears running down his face during commencement.
National Geographic hosted a fascinating Facebook Live Q&A with Charlie Hamilton James talking about camera traps and how he got his amazing Yellowstone and Grand Teton park photos.
These photographers brought their studio to the sharks.